语言不通阻碍了海吉女工学习技术，勤奋好学的麦苗带领伙伴们在工作之余认真学习语言，在生活和工作中成为了姐妹们信任的对象。春灌的紧要时节，金滩村的村民们因为灌溉问题跟青铜峡扬水站的人起了冲突，得福赶去调停，定好先暂缓缴纳冬灌的欠款，只先交付春灌的钱，等粮食收获后再补缴欠款。然而，等得福按照约定动员村民们缴齐了春灌的钱后，扬水站放出的却是润不湿地皮的涓涓细流。
The language barrier hindered the female workers in Haiji from learning technology. The diligent and studious Mai Miao led her partners to study the language seriously after work, and became a trusted person in life and work. During the critical season of spring irrigation, the villagers of Jintan Village had a conflict with the people of Qingtongxia Pumping Station over irrigation issues. Defu rushed to mediate and decided to postpone the payment of the winter irrigation arrears and only pay the spring irrigation money first, and then pay the arrears after the grain harvest. However, after Defu mobilized the villagers to pay the spring irrigation money as agreed, the pumping station released a trickle that could not wet the ground.
